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Ferrotec Introduces Ferrobeads® DNA/RNA Isolation Kits for High-Efficiency Nucleic Acid Extraction

Corporation, the US subsidiary of Ferrotec Corporation, a global supplier of materials, components, and precision system solutions and the leading manufacturer of magnetic liquids, today announced ...

DNA-guided CRISPR flips gene editing script, opening a new path for precise diagnosis and antivirals

Ming, Professor of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) at The Hong Kong University of Science and ...
The New York Times

The Long-Overlooked Molecule That Will Define a Generation of Science

Dr. Cech is a biochemist and the author of the forthcoming book “The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets,” from which this essay is adapted. See more of our coverage in your ...
The Conversation

RNA editing is the next frontier in gene therapy – here’s what you need to know

The United States Food and Drug Administration has just approved the first-ever clinical trial that uses CRISPR-Cas13 RNA editing. Its aim is to treat an eye disease called wet age-related macular ...
Scientific American

How RNA Unseated DNA as the Most Important Molecule in Your Body

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of ...
Scientific American

Revolutionary Genetics Research Shows RNA May Rule Our Genome

Thomas Gingeras did not intend to upend basic ideas about how the human body works. In 2012 the geneticist, now at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York State, was one of a few hundred colleagues ...
Ars Technica

Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself

There are plenty of unanswered questions about the origin of life on Earth. But the research community has largely reached consensus that one of the key steps was the emergence of an RNA molecule that ...